September 15, 2060.
That day, Luo Feng became a father.
Xu Xin gave birth to twin sons.
Another month passed. In mid-October, after his sons turned one month old, Luo Feng decided to take over the Golden Horned Beast's body.
Compared to the original story, he took over the Golden Horned Beast a few months later, but given its rapid growth in the early stages, that was no great problem.
Before taking over the Golden Horned Beast, Luo Feng followed Yun He's advice and headed to Ruins No. 12 in the Pacific Ocean. Inside a damaged, massive space transport vessel, he successfully acquired the Black Dragon X81 spaceship.
He then asked Babata to repair it as quickly as possible.
By the time Luo Feng finished nurturing his Earthling Clone, the spaceship should be more or less repaired.
Brimming with enthusiasm, Babata thumped his chest and declared that he would handle everything. He would definitely repair the spaceship as soon as possible.
Yun He was also eagerly anticipating their imminent journey into the universe.
The myriad races of the universe?
The Virtual Universe?
Early September, 2061.
Luo Feng successfully nurtured his Earthling Clone.
By devouring large quantities of metal spaceship wreckage, the Golden Horned Beast had also grown to Stellar Level One, reaching over two hundred meters in length.
By early December, 2061, everything on the Black Dragon X81 spaceship had been fixed except its auxiliary propulsion system. It could now reach a sublight speed of one hundred thousand kilometers per second, allowing it to reach Mars in an hour.
Luo Feng then began heading to Mars every day, where he also found plenty of suitable metals for the Golden Horned Beast to devour.
Thanks to the Golden Horned Beast, Luo Feng's Earthling Clone no longer needed to focus on building a foundation, so he began raising its strength through a frenzied, brute-force approach.
Meanwhile, Yun He had reached the peak of Planetary Level Nine. All he needed was the right opportunity to enter Star Level.
More than another half year passed.
Late September, 2062.
Jiangnan Base City.
Thousands of meters above the ground.
Above the clouds.
Yun He and Luo Feng hovered there.
Whoosh!
A massive black, saucer-shaped spaceship, roughly a hundred meters in diameter, appeared. Its outer hatch opened, and the two quickly flew inside before it closed.
Then the spaceship shot through the sky toward outer space.
Inside the Black Dragon Spaceship's control room.
Luo Feng, wearing a blood-red combat uniform, and Yun He, dressed in black casual clothes, stood before the control console's screen. Demon Babata's little face appeared on it.
"Demon Babata, at your service!"
Babata grinned smugly, revealing his fangs. "Luo Feng, Yun He, the spaceship has left Earth."
"Exterior view, one hundred percent simulation," Luo Feng said.
Whoosh!
Everything around them in the control room vanished from sight. They could only feel the spaceship's metal floor beneath their feet; their eyes could no longer see it at all.
They looked around...
An endless, vast starry expanse.
Turning to look behind them, they saw a huge azure planet come into view.
Earth!
Seeing Earth from outer space for the first time, Yun He involuntarily held his breath.
So... so beautiful!
He had often seen this sight online and on television. But actually standing in space and seeing it with his own eyes brought a shock and a stirring that reached deep into his soul.
Yun He thought he might never forget this sight for the rest of his life.
The azure planet steadily shrank.
The distance between the Black Dragon Spaceship and the azure planet continued to grow.
Yun He stared without blinking, as though trying to engrave that azure planet in his heart.
"The Sun!"
Yun He looked beyond Earth. Far in the distance stood a star blazing with fire-the Sun!
"This is where my roots lie..."
This time, they were leaving Earth and the Milky Way Galaxy, heading to a prosperous and powerful planet three hundred and twenty thousand light-years from Earth-Qiu Long Star!
"Twelve seconds until light speed!" Babata shouted.
"Ten!"
"Nine!"
Babata counted down with a solemn expression.
"Eight!"
"Seven!"
Yun He and Luo Feng looked outside. The starscape had begun to blur, and they could no longer make out the planets with their naked eyes. Everything gradually grew dark.
Both stared wide-eyed at the wondrous sight before them.
"Three, two, one!" Babata shouted.
In the vast starry expanse, a spaceship had already become a blur.
Suddenly...
Space rippled slightly.
The spaceship vanished.
Rumble!
Everything around them was pitch-black. They felt the spaceship tremble slightly for about ten seconds before it steadied.
"Cosmic Shuttle successful! We've entered the Dark Universe!"
On the screen, Babata shouted, "Turn off the exterior simulation."
"The Dark Universe..."
"The corresponding distance ratio between the Dark Universe and the Original Universe is one to 10.081 million."
"The spaceship is now maintaining a speed of 1.2 times light speed. We should arrive at Qiu Long Star in about ten days."
Ten days later.
They reached Qiu Long Star.
The spaceship returned from the Dark Universe to the Original Universe.
Ahead lay a planet entirely shrouded in multicolored light, with two moons orbiting it.
"That planet wrapped in multicolored light is Qiu Long Star."
Babata said, "Luo Feng, Yun He, once we enter Qiu Long Star, follow our plan."
"First, obtain citizenship in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire."
"Second, open an account on the virtual network..."
"Mm." Yun He and Luo Feng both nodded.
As they spoke, the Black Dragon Spaceship had already begun approaching Qiu Long Star's atmosphere.
Standing in the spaceship's control room, they could clearly see through the exterior simulation that Qiu Long Star's atmosphere was extraordinarily unusual.
Even with the naked eye, they could clearly see masses of gas in various colors slowly flowing, making the entire planet look incredibly dazzling from outside.
Beep!
"We've received a guidance signal. The spaceship will follow it to the planetary docking port," Babata said.
A vast spaceship docking port.
Whoosh!
The Black Dragon Spaceship slowly descended and docked in the C-Class Zone.
The hatch opened.
Yun He and Luo Feng flew out through it.
"This planet's gravity is about three times Earth's." Both immediately felt the difference in gravity.
A burly, green-skinned man in a gray uniform flew over and landed before Yun He and Luo Feng. He was about 2.8 meters tall, with two curved horns on his head.
Humble and courteous, he smiled and spoke in fluent Universal Language. "Honored gentlemen, welcome to Qiu Long Star. The docking fee for your Black Dragon Mountain X81 model spaceship is six hundred Black Dragon Coins per year. Stays of less than a year are also charged at six hundred Black Dragon Coins. Here is your docking card."
As he spoke, the green-skinned man in the gray uniform held out a translucent silver card with both hands. It bore a C emblem.
Luo Feng accepted the card with a smile. With a turn of his hand, a coin appeared in his palm, and he casually tossed it over.
"A Qianwu Coin!" The green-skinned man was overjoyed.
According to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's official exchange rate, one Qianwu Coin could be exchanged for one thousand Black Dragon Coins, but one thousand Black Dragon Coins could not be exchanged back into a Qianwu Coin.
Qianwu Coins were a symbol of status.
They traveled in an X81 model, a luxurious all-metal spaceship, and paid with Qianwu Coins.
In the mind of this Planetary Level Nine green-skinned employee, Luo Feng and Yun He had already been labeled aristocrats.
"Keep the change," Luo Feng said casually.
"Thank you, sir." The green-skinned man was utterly respectful, inwardly elated.
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